Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks

Cleveland didn't quite win a championship last night when Dallas defeated LeBron James and the Miami Heat, but Dallas stepped up in rallying from a 2-1 series deficit to deny LeBron a title.

While Clevelanders might have found it difficult to root for the likes of Boston and Chicago earlier in the playoffs, it was no problem spending the last 13 days embracing the blue-clad, German-led Dallas Mavericks. 

Now's your chance to thank your new second-favorite team in the comments below for preventing what many thought was an improbable march to a championship. Tell Dirk, Jason (Terry and Kidd), JJ Barea, Tyson Chandler - even DeShawn Stevenson - and all the rest of the Mavericks thanks for making sure that we didn't need to watch LeBron James hoist that trophy.

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